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Cocaine and meth are being laced with fentanyl – and many drug users are unaware. This increases the risk of overdoses.

He credits a new program that the counseling center started with opioid settlement ... programs that aim to stop people from developing substance use disorders. States committed, on average ...

Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic. An estimated 8.9 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2023. Opioids are ...

The number of people with chronic pain has increased substantially in recent years, and the reason isn’t completely clear. A ...

Black men born 1951-1970 always have had the greatest risk of dying of overdoses, even in their 20s, 30s and 40s. It's true ...

Dozens of interviews, thousands of pages of documents, an array of public records requests, and outreach to all 50 states resulted ... such as denying people medications for opioid use disorder.

Patients with opioid use disorder can reduce their days of opioid use and stay in treatment longer when using a smartphone ...

Among people with dialysis-dependent kidney failure, a form of psychological therapy called pain coping skills training ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Providers in Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Mason City, Oskaloosa and Sioux City will receive a ...

The National Drug Control Strategy Performance Review System Report measures the administration's overdose crisis response ...